timewaster.bsky.social
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We were cleaning Chinas clock economically. Many predicted they would surpass us by now, and they haven’t.
But this tariff stuff will close the gap. Idiots
But this tariff stuff will close the gap. Idiots
April 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
We were cleaning Chinas clock economically. Many predicted they would surpass us by now, and they haven’t.
But this tariff stuff will close the gap. Idiots
But this tariff stuff will close the gap. Idiots
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Two things struck me in the 20 year change in whether other countries trade more with China or USA:
1. China took over the world market fast; and
2. Trump has to be one of the STUPIDEST people ever to go after 3 of the few remaining countries that trade more with US: Mexico, Canada, & Greenland.
1. China took over the world market fast; and
2. Trump has to be one of the STUPIDEST people ever to go after 3 of the few remaining countries that trade more with US: Mexico, Canada, & Greenland.
March 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Two things struck me in the 20 year change in whether other countries trade more with China or USA:
1. China took over the world market fast; and
2. Trump has to be one of the STUPIDEST people ever to go after 3 of the few remaining countries that trade more with US: Mexico, Canada, & Greenland.
1. China took over the world market fast; and
2. Trump has to be one of the STUPIDEST people ever to go after 3 of the few remaining countries that trade more with US: Mexico, Canada, & Greenland.
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The media showed every Trump rally but won’t show a single Bernie Sanders rally. Now that we control the biggest independent news network in America we will flip the script and show every Bernie Sanders rally, like the last one on Sunday in Altoona, Wisconsin youtu.be/2StnaGCQPCI?...
Bernie Leads POWERFUL RALLY in GOP TERRITORY
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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March 10, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The media showed every Trump rally but won’t show a single Bernie Sanders rally. Now that we control the biggest independent news network in America we will flip the script and show every Bernie Sanders rally, like the last one on Sunday in Altoona, Wisconsin youtu.be/2StnaGCQPCI?...
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JD Vance claimed on X that “Slava Ukraini” protesters followed him & shouted at his daughter.
Guess he didn’t realize it was caught on camera. No one yelled at his kid, and they didn’t follow them.
Vance & Musk need to quit using children as shields. The public isn’t backing down—we want answers.
Guess he didn’t realize it was caught on camera. No one yelled at his kid, and they didn’t follow them.
Vance & Musk need to quit using children as shields. The public isn’t backing down—we want answers.
March 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
JD Vance claimed on X that “Slava Ukraini” protesters followed him & shouted at his daughter.
Guess he didn’t realize it was caught on camera. No one yelled at his kid, and they didn’t follow them.
Vance & Musk need to quit using children as shields. The public isn’t backing down—we want answers.
Guess he didn’t realize it was caught on camera. No one yelled at his kid, and they didn’t follow them.
Vance & Musk need to quit using children as shields. The public isn’t backing down—we want answers.
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This Day in History...
March 10, 1993: Dr. David Gunn is murdered by anti-abortion nutcase
Or, as Anti-Choice, Handmaid's-Tale-Aspirants call it: "All Lives Are Precious Day."
March 10, 1993: Dr. David Gunn is murdered by anti-abortion nutcase
Or, as Anti-Choice, Handmaid's-Tale-Aspirants call it: "All Lives Are Precious Day."
March 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This Day in History...
March 10, 1993: Dr. David Gunn is murdered by anti-abortion nutcase
Or, as Anti-Choice, Handmaid's-Tale-Aspirants call it: "All Lives Are Precious Day."
March 10, 1993: Dr. David Gunn is murdered by anti-abortion nutcase
Or, as Anti-Choice, Handmaid's-Tale-Aspirants call it: "All Lives Are Precious Day."
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Reminder: Rufo was a fellow of Orban's think tank, raising real foreign agent questions about him.
Chris Rufo always has bragged about his evil plans like he's got James Bond suspended over a tank of sharks.
His interview with Douthat is no exception.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/o...
His interview with Douthat is no exception.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/o...
March 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Reminder: Rufo was a fellow of Orban's think tank, raising real foreign agent questions about him.
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The scale of corruption being perpetrated right now is almost beyond the limits of imagination. This is just one example, almost certainly not the greatest.
“Wealthy Chinese investors are quietly funnelling tens of millions of dollars into private companies controlled by Elon Musk using an arrangement that shields their identities from public view” www.ft.com/content/6685...
Chinese investors privately take stakes in Elon Musk’s companies
Asset managers have been promoting tech mogul’s ties to Donald Trump to lure capital to xAI, Neuralink and SpaceX
www.ft.com
March 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The scale of corruption being perpetrated right now is almost beyond the limits of imagination. This is just one example, almost certainly not the greatest.
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Still seeing about 100 lefty pundit pieces whining about failures in lefty leadership to every 10 focusing on Elon Musk or explaining that DOGE is mostly fraudulent.
Dems lost the election bc it does not have effective online mobs and that is PRECISELY why.
Dems lost the election bc it does not have effective online mobs and that is PRECISELY why.
March 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Still seeing about 100 lefty pundit pieces whining about failures in lefty leadership to every 10 focusing on Elon Musk or explaining that DOGE is mostly fraudulent.
Dems lost the election bc it does not have effective online mobs and that is PRECISELY why.
Dems lost the election bc it does not have effective online mobs and that is PRECISELY why.
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This was once a town called Vovchansk. Russia turned it into ruins. Schools, hospitals, homes—people's lives—are all gone.
March 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This was once a town called Vovchansk. Russia turned it into ruins. Schools, hospitals, homes—people's lives—are all gone.
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What Mike Johnson is calling a "clean CR", i.e., funding bill, is really an Elon licensing deal, free 6 months to keep up his wilding spree which has already gutted the VA, slashd social security, cancer cure research and more. Johnson needs Ds help to pass it. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/will-...
Will Dems Pick Up Their Sword?
(Ed.Note: I go into a lot of detail below. The bottom line...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
What Mike Johnson is calling a "clean CR", i.e., funding bill, is really an Elon licensing deal, free 6 months to keep up his wilding spree which has already gutted the VA, slashd social security, cancer cure research and more. Johnson needs Ds help to pass it. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/will-...
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This affidavit, filed by a former Social Security employee in one of the DOGE cases, reveals a shocking exposure of personal info to DOGE operatives & possible compromise of parts of the system. Everyone should read this. Start at para 9. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
This affidavit, filed by a former Social Security employee in one of the DOGE cases, reveals a shocking exposure of personal info to DOGE operatives & possible compromise of parts of the system. Everyone should read this. Start at para 9. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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from today's post —
go read the whole thing. link is here: bit.ly/4h7i06Z
go read the whole thing. link is here: bit.ly/4h7i06Z
January 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
from today's post —
go read the whole thing. link is here: bit.ly/4h7i06Z
go read the whole thing. link is here: bit.ly/4h7i06Z
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January 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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When you suddenly start tearing through the air safety bureaucracy with an ax after two decades-plus of near perfect US commercial air safety any plane that suddenly careens out of the sky is probably on you.
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
When you suddenly start tearing through the air safety bureaucracy with an ax after two decades-plus of near perfect US commercial air safety any plane that suddenly careens out of the sky is probably on you.
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“They’re accusing me of being putin’s puppet”
Lady, while russian soldiers were in the Kyiv region slaughtering civilians you were posting russian talking points intended for the dumbest people alive
Lady, while russian soldiers were in the Kyiv region slaughtering civilians you were posting russian talking points intended for the dumbest people alive
January 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
“They’re accusing me of being putin’s puppet”
Lady, while russian soldiers were in the Kyiv region slaughtering civilians you were posting russian talking points intended for the dumbest people alive
Lady, while russian soldiers were in the Kyiv region slaughtering civilians you were posting russian talking points intended for the dumbest people alive
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👇 top aviation reporter, apolitical
We are watching in realtime the systematic unraveling of decades aviation safety accident investigative precedent and process from the President of the United States.
January 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
👇 top aviation reporter, apolitical
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If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it.
Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.
But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.
They aren’t firing for a reason.
Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.
But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.
They aren’t firing for a reason.
January 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it.
Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.
But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.
They aren’t firing for a reason.
Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.
But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.
They aren’t firing for a reason.
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@secrubio.bsky.social is a good example of how weak and cowardly most Americans are these days. They want to surrender in a war they're not even fighting.
⚡️ 'Dishonest' to suggest Ukraine could have fully defeated Russia, retake Crimea, Rubio says.
The U.S. secretary of state said that the war "set (Ukraine) back 100 years" and called for a swift resolution.
The U.S. secretary of state said that the war "set (Ukraine) back 100 years" and called for a swift resolution.
'Dishonest' to suggest Ukraine could have fully defeated Russia, retake Crimea, Rubio says
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the U.S. has been "fund(ing) a stalemate" that "set (Ukraine) back a 100 years" and called for a swift resolution.
kyivindependent.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:14 AM
@secrubio.bsky.social is a good example of how weak and cowardly most Americans are these days. They want to surrender in a war they're not even fighting.
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Wow - what a story.
The year I turned ten, my mother and stepfather joined Amway. Our lives spiraled into unreality, and we lost everything. I never got my mother back. Our experience prefigured the Trump era, with characters from my childhood later showing up in the White House. My story for the @theatlantic.com.
How I Lost My Mother
Amway sold my family a life built on delusion.
www.theatlantic.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Wow - what a story.
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How Senate Judiciary Committee Dems Fucked Up the Kash Patel Nomination Hearing
www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/31/h...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/31/h...
How Senate Judiciary Committee Dems Fucked Up the Kash Patel Nomination Hearing - emptywheel
Trump's DOJ is involved in a cover-up as we speak, a cover-up designed to hide how the aspiring FBI Director was complicit in Trump's efforts to retain classified documents in his insecure basement. B...
www.emptywheel.net
January 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
How Senate Judiciary Committee Dems Fucked Up the Kash Patel Nomination Hearing
www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/31/h...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/31/h...
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Pretty easy to see how Musk's tampering -- which, after all, destroyed the value of Xitter in quick order -- will crash the US financial system via one or another means.
Exclusive: David A. Lebryk, the highest-ranking career official at the Treasury Department, is departing after a clash with allies of billionaire Elon Musk over access to sensitive payment systems, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.
Senior U.S. official to exit after rift with Musk allies over payment system
A top Treasury career staffer is expected to depart. Surrogates of Musk’s DOGE effort had sought access to sensitive payment systems.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Pretty easy to see how Musk's tampering -- which, after all, destroyed the value of Xitter in quick order -- will crash the US financial system via one or another means.
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Yep. But it would even bigger and sooner if the right didn’t control much of our media and social media.
Feel deep in my bones that the backlash to all of this is going to be enormous. Not sure how it will manifest and when it will explode into view, but confident it’s coming.
January 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Yep. But it would even bigger and sooner if the right didn’t control much of our media and social media.
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The Washington Post editorial this morning essentially equating Biden's questionable pardons with Trump's outrageous Jan. 6 pardons was unconscionable. The newspaper I've been part of for 48 years has utterly lost its soul.
January 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The Washington Post editorial this morning essentially equating Biden's questionable pardons with Trump's outrageous Jan. 6 pardons was unconscionable. The newspaper I've been part of for 48 years has utterly lost its soul.
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We are too!
January 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
We are too!
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The J6 pardons are legally authorized but constitutionally unpardonable. Their issuance is a “high crime and misdemeanor” within the meaning of the Impeachment Clause because it is a clear abuse of presidential power. Sadly that power was neutered by the Senate during Trump’s two impeachment trials
January 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The J6 pardons are legally authorized but constitutionally unpardonable. Their issuance is a “high crime and misdemeanor” within the meaning of the Impeachment Clause because it is a clear abuse of presidential power. Sadly that power was neutered by the Senate during Trump’s two impeachment trials